Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
Chadwick Boseman’s death shed light on colon cancer, but rates remain high among Black people. By Curtis Bunn / NBC News
Lee Morgan’s ‘Live at the Lighthouse’ was a masterpiece that turned out to be a farewell. By Shannon J. Effinger / Wash Post
A Triumphant Debut Novel on Black History and Coming of Age in the South. By Veronica Chambers / NYT
Paralympian David Brown Is The World’s Fastest Blind Runner. By Rachel Treisman / NPR
Serena Williams doesn’t need another Grand Slam. She has nothing left to prove. By Sally Jenkins / Wash Post
Jameis Winston to succeed Drew Brees as Saints QB, beating out Taysom Hill. By Mark Maske / Wash Post
Washington voting rights march marks Martin Luther King anniversary. By Ankita Rao / The Guardian
BREAKING: The NAACP scored a *huge* victory for voting rights today (really!) By Blue Tuesday / Daily Kos
NC Bill Banning Critical Race Theory Approved by State Senate. By Rachel Pilgrim / The Root
Chocolate Chip Cities. By Charles M. Blow / NYT
Race in the Ranks: Investigating racial bias in the U.S. military. By David Martin / CBS News
FCC Proposes $5 Million Fine For Right-Wing Operatives Jacob Wohl And Jack Burkman. By Sebastian Murdock / HuffPost
Crimes Against Indigenous Women Investigated in New ‘Dateline’ Clip. By Jon Blistein / Rolling Stone
Undoing the injustices of Jim Crow juries. By CBS News
Judges Rip Dylann Roof as They Uphold His Death Sentence. By Cheyenne Ublera / Daily Beast
Guess Which Company Ranks Worst for Environmental Racism? By Joseph Winters / Mother Jones
The secret bias hidden in mortgage-approval algorithm. By Emanuel Martinez and Lauren Kirchner / ABC News
Trump Ally Herschel Walker Is Running For U.S. Senate In Georgia. By Stephen Fowler / NPR
These headstones in a historic Black cemetery were desecrated. State leaders take step toward giving descendants closure. By Emma Tucker and Laura Ly / CNN
Josephine Baker will be the first Black woman buried at the Panthéon in Paris. By Leah Asmelash / CNN
The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois’ is the kind of brilliant epic that comes around only once in a decade. By Ron Charles / Wash Post
R. & B. Nostalgia Embraces Rap Influence on “Cheers to the Best Memories.” By Sheldon Pearce / The New Yorker
R. Kelly trial: Second accuser says he pressed for sex before audition. By USA Today
Collaborations between Black women are sparking a golden age for female hip-hop. By Natachi Onwuamaegbu / Wash Post
Bianca Belair’s Shocking Summer Slam Defeat Raises Questions About Racism in WWE. By Jay Connor / The Root
Kelly Loeffler Just Lost Her WNBA Team to a Player She Refused to Meet. By Dave Zirin / The Nation
